Feb. 16, 2015

Female suicide bomber strikes bus station in Damaturu, Nigeria, killing 10 people and injuring 30; no group claims responsibility for attack, though Boko Haram is suspected. MORE

Feb. 14, 2015

Egyptian police patrolling district in Cairo is hit by explosive device; one police officer dies and nine others are injured; Islamist militant group Ajnad Misr claims responsibility for attack. MORE

Feb. 8, 2015

At least 47 people are killed in explosions in Baghdad hours before nighttime curfew that has been in place for more than a decade is lifted. MORE

Feb. 3, 2015

Nigerian police say suicide bomber exploded vehicle with explosives near stadium at which Pres Goodluck Jonathan had held election rally, but there are no other casualties; most suicide bombings there are attributed to Boko Haram. MORE

Feb. 2, 2015

Explosion on bus carrying Lebanese pilgrims to Shiite shrines in Damascus kills at least six people and injures 27. MORE

Jan. 31, 2015

Apparent suicide bombing kills at least 55 people and injures at least 59 during Friday prayer at Shiite mosque in Shikarpur, Pakistan; Pakistani Taliban splinter group Jundullah claims responsibility; sectarian attacks have been rare in region with tradition of religious tolerance. MORE

Jan. 30, 2015

Series of simultaneous car bombings in Sinai region of Egypt kills 26 people; attack is first such incident since Egypt's main Islamist militant group aligned itself with Islamic State, and casts doubt on government's efforts to stem insurgency. MORE

Jan. 26, 2015

Bombings in commercial areas of Baghdad kill at least 15 people and wound dozens of others. MORE

Jan. 23, 2015

Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, used by visiting Turkish officials, is attacked by suicide bomber; blast kills three Somalis. MORE

Jan. 20, 2015

Report of bomb threats leads to search of two Delta Airlines jets at Kennedy International Airport; threat is determined to be unfounded. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

Special prosecutor charges Argentinian Pres Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Foreign Min Hector Timerman with covering up agreement with Iran to speed investigation into Iran's 1994 bombing of Jewish community center in Buenos Aires; legal complaint holds that Iran agreed to send oil to Argentina in exchange for agreement. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

Federal authorities report arrest of Christopher Lee Cornell of Ohio in plot to attack United States Capitol using pipe bombs; charges against Cornell, who had discussed allying himself with Islamic State, include trying to kill federal officer and possession of firearm with intent to commit violence. MORE

Jan. 13, 2015

Chinese government news portal Tianshan reports that police in Xianjiang region killed six men, five of whom had attacked officers after they shot first man, who was trying to set off explosives. MORE

Jan. 12, 2015

Two young women detonate bombs in crowded market in Potiskum, Nigeria, killing four people and wounding 21. MORE

Jan. 11, 2015

At least seven people are killed and 30 more are wounded in suicide bombing in Tripoli, Lebanon; Nusra Front claims responsibility. MORE

Jan. 10, 2015

Jan. 9, 2015

Suicide attacks against security checkpoints and Shiite worshipers in Iraq kill at least 23 people. MORE

Jan. 9, 2015

Eric McDavid, serving 19-year prison term in California for environmental terrorism, gains early release after Federal District Court Judge Morrison C England Jr in Sacramento accepts settlement acknowledging authorities had withheld documents during his trial; McDavis was convicted in 2007 of conspiring to bomb targets near Sacramento as part of radical environmental campaign. MORE

Jan. 9, 2015

Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating makeshift bomb that was set off outside NAACP office in Colorado Springs, Colo. MORE

Jan. 8, 2015

Car bomb explodes outside police academy in Sana, Yemen, killing at least 38 people outside and wounding more than 90. MORE

Jan. 8, 2015

Marxist extremist group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front claims responsibility for suicide attack in Istanbul that killed both an assailant and a police officer; incident marked second time in week that group has carried out attack against Turkish police as protest against governing Justice and Development Party. MORE

Jan. 7, 2015

Authorities in Colorado are seeking man who may know about explosion set off near Colorado Springs chapter of NAACP. MORE

Jan. 6, 2015

Libyan officials apologize for bombing Greek-owned tanker ship, saying that fighter jets made mistake; ship had been off coast of city of Derna, which is controlled by Islamist extremists. MORE

Jan. 5, 2015

Jan. 5, 2015

Yemeni officials say Al Qaeda bombed an office of Shiite Houthi rebels south of capital Sana, killing six Houthis and wounding 31. MORE

Jan. 2, 2015

Turkish police arrest man who tried to use homemade grenades to attack Dolmabahce Palace near office of Prime Min Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul; police say man is suspected of belonging to terrorist organization. MORE

Jan. 2, 2015

Nigeria's Red Cross reports suicide bomber wounded eight people at church in Gombe during New Year's Day service; no group has claimed responsibility for attack but Boko Haram fighters have been known to stray from states where they normally operate. MORE

Jan. 1, 2015

Suicide bomber kills at least 23 people in Yemen at ceremony commemorating birth of Prophet Muhammad; no group claims responsibility, but attack is similar to others by Sunni extremists from Al Qaeda affiliate in country. MORE

Dec. 31, 2014

Suicide bomber attacks hotel in Tobruk where Libya's Parliament was in session with car filled with explosives, wounding eight people. MORE

Dec. 29, 2014

Bomb explodes outside restaurant in Bangalore, India, killing one person and wounding another; no one claims responsibility for blast. MORE

Dec. 26, 2014

Eleven-year-old Israeli girl Ayala Shapira is seriously injured after firebomb is thrown at car in which she is traveling in West Bank; assailants are believed to be Palestinians. MORE

Dec. 26, 2014

Roadside bomb strikes Egyptian army vehicle and kills officer and soldier in Sinai Peninsula. MORE

Dec. 25, 2014

Zahra’u Babangida, 14-year-old girl who was found with explosives and arrested in Kano, Nigeria, asserts that her parents had wanted her to participate in suicide attack planned by Boko Haram. MORE

Dec. 23, 2014

At least 26 people are killed and 79 wounded after two explosions in two Nigerian states. MORE

Dec. 22, 2014

Explosion in parking lot of a bus station in remote Indian state Manipur kills three people and wounds five others; several separatist groups operate in region. MORE

Dec. 18, 2014

Dec. 17, 2014

Two car bombs explode in Rada, Yemen, killing more than two dozen people, including at least 15 children; city has been flash point between Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula and Houthi rebels. MORE

Dec. 12, 2014

German prosecutors are reopening investigation into 1980 Oktoberfest bombing in Munich after previously unknown witness comes forward; alleged bomber Gundolf Kohler, among 13 people killed, was believed to have acted alone, but new witness and other evidence raises doubts about that supposition. MORE

Dec. 12, 2014

Double bombing in central Nigerian city Jos kills at least 31 people; region has been target of attacks by extremist group Boko Haram. MORE

A wave of explosions killed a passer-by and wounded at least nine other people early Thursday morning across the Nile from Cairo, raising alarms about a pattern of attacks by diffuse groups against retail stores.

February 27, 2015, Friday

Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that the Syrian government had dropped so-called barrel bombs on hundreds of heavily populated rebel-held areas in the past year, flouting a United Nations Security Council measure.